as Alberta's Agriculture and Forestry ministry did. Some fire towers, like this one in northern Alberta, have been left unstaffed at times, increasing the risk that wildfires will go undetected.

It's my first climb of the season as a smoke spotter in northwestern Alberta ... biologist who flew over the forest and brought home tales of these far-flung fire towers. The idea of living ...

Trina Moyles is the author of Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest. I worked for Alberta Wildfire ... the early closing of fire towers, despite the extreme ...

Where is Alberta forest fire spotter Stephanie Stewart? Friday will mark the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of fire tower work Stephanie Stewart. As I wrote in this story about Stephanie ...

A fire ban has been implemented for Alberta's entire forest protection amid scorching temperatures that have prompted heat warnings, strained crews battling out-of-control wildfires and forced the ...

A sweeping fire restriction has been put in place across Alberta as hot, dry weather leaves forests tinder-dry. Emergency officials are urging extreme caution in the weeks ahead as a persistent and ...

The chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Randy Moore, told lawmakers in March that the agency was moving away from humans in watchtowers. The future of fire detection, he said, is cameras.